The nice thing about traveling by bus (besides the fact that it is air conditioned) is we get the opportunity to see the countryside and the people of this land. Mansi, our tour manager, is full of information. She will point things out and slow the bus if there is something to take a photo of.
En route from Agra to Jaipur, we saw many fields and she talked about how this area’s economy is rich in agriculture. Sugar cane, potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes, millet, and maize were just a few she mentioned.
We witnessed a military plane and paratroopers jumping out, descending to the ground. Even Mansi got out her camera for that one. We came upon a herd of camels on the road, including two or three young ones, and their handlers. Once a Jeep passed us with at least a dozen people in it and hanging with three of them standing on the bumper hanging on to hang bars. A couple of times there were vehicles on our side of the divided hiway going against traffic. And, many, many, many people walking along the side of the hiway.
We passed area with tall conical chimneys which were kilns making bricks. The small houses in this area are made of brick and many trucks were on the road with a load of bricks embossed with Hindi.
The closer we got to Jaipur we started seeing pink sandstone, which comes from this part of the country. Jaipur is the Pink City. Mansi, our tour manager also says it will not be unusual to be stopped in the street of Jaipur next to an elephant!
